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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শিষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိၑ် (Burmese script)
- શિષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ശിഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶିଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶிஷ் (Tamil script)
- శిష్ (Telugu script)
- ศิษฺ (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
No certain cognates outside of Indo-Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬝 (siiazdat̰, “should move away”). Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeys- (“to leave behind”).
Root
शिष् • (śiṣ)
- to leave, spare
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
शिष् • (śiṣ)
- to hurt, injure, kill
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Root
शिष् • (śiṣ)
- Alternative form of शास् (śās)
Derived terms
References
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 321
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
- Monier Williams (1899) “शिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 173